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steve, look at this chart here. you can compare student loan debt with all other debt and you can see, look at that top line, that's student loan debt. everything else we're either cutting back on or can't get any more of. we are piling on to the student loan debt. it seems as though you just can't win, steve. >> the colleges are working to create a more compelling academic experience, academic and social experience. they're constantly building. if you've been to your alma mater they're constantly building. they don't have the money to do so, so they're passing those expenses on to the children. and the children who are most in need, cannot afford it. >> el zi, talk about community colleges, talk about maybe getting preparation at community colleges for some things you're weaker in before you go to a state school or private school. people have to be strategic about getting that degree and remind me, we love the degree, the degree will mean a 4% unemployment rate as opposed to a 9 % unemployment rate. >> absolutely.
steve, look at this chart here. you can compare student loan debt with all other debt and you can see, look at that top line, that's student loan debt. everything else we're either cutting back on or can't get any more of. we are piling on to the student loan debt. it seems as though you just can't win, steve. >> the colleges are working to create a more compelling academic experience, academic and social experience. they're constantly building. if you've been to your alma mater they're...
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steve is a ph.d. astronomer from harvard university and he spent much of his career in new york, massachusetts and various other places back east and moved to to sun in 1998 and has been working for the national observatory. he has a distinguished career in astronomy but he is a renaissance man in a sense. he is combining both sides of his brain and spent the last 20 years as a photographer primarily landscape photography and has used that talent combined with other writers, putz to produce a series of books and photographs with some very interesting text to go with them. he will talk about the formation of the solar system and are there other solar systems like ours to be found? >> thanks. i hope you don't mind if i stand. i am feeling terribly comfortable in this chair. i am a little shorter than doug isbell. i will get on the same level in 5 stand up. after lecturing for the better part of 40 years it just happened. forgive me for that. one minor correction. we were in tucson from 1972-1983 and ret
steve is a ph.d. astronomer from harvard university and he spent much of his career in new york, massachusetts and various other places back east and moved to to sun in 1998 and has been working for the national observatory. he has a distinguished career in astronomy but he is a renaissance man in a sense. he is combining both sides of his brain and spent the last 20 years as a photographer primarily landscape photography and has used that talent combined with other writers, putz to produce a...
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we'll go to steve and mike and victoria and morgan . victoria, are rising prices hurting the job market? >> sure they are. the data is in and we are seeing acceleration in higher prices is bad news for two reasons. one more unpredictable force in the economy that makes business owners scared unlikely to hire. they will pull back and it shows they are limited in what they can do to spoke growth. that is a clamp on everything. >> it could not have happened in a worst time. market is killed on thursday. it is a worst time for the thing. >> inflation, david doesn't kill jobs but distort the job market. >> what do you mean in false jos. like extra energy . in 1980s. it is a clamp down and sell off assets and you create false jobs and hurt jobs in productive industries and future industries. here we go doing it again. >> and we are looking at depressing figures with jobs connected to the stock market. >> i think so. it is a classic prescription for stag-flation . producer priced inflation and consumers are not getting wage hikes. they are una
we'll go to steve and mike and victoria and morgan . victoria, are rising prices hurting the job market? >> sure they are. the data is in and we are seeing acceleration in higher prices is bad news for two reasons. one more unpredictable force in the economy that makes business owners scared unlikely to hire. they will pull back and it shows they are limited in what they can do to spoke growth. that is a clamp on everything. >> it could not have happened in a worst time. market is...
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and steve hartmann with a lesson in how much you can give when you have nothing at all. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 18 years. a long time behind bars, a long time on death row, a long time in and out of solitary. a long time for something that you insist you didn't do. today three men who were supposed to never walk free did just that. they were called the west memphis three, convicted of murdering three cub scouts in west memphis, arkansas, in 1993 despite any physical evidence linking them to the crime. after years of fighting for freedom, they were released today in a very unusual plea deal. erin moriarty of "48 hours mystery" has been on this story for four years. >> my name is damien echols, i am 36 years old and released today from death row for a crime i did not commit. >> reporter: arkansas death row inmate damien echols got his life back today. as part of an unusual plea agreement, echoles and two other convicted men-- jason baldwin and jessie misskelley-- were released from prison. >> th
and steve hartmann with a lesson in how much you can give when you have nothing at all. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 18 years. a long time behind bars, a long time on death row, a long time in and out of solitary. a long time for something that you insist you didn't do. today three men who were supposed to never walk free did just that. they were called the west memphis three, convicted of murdering three...
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fudge napolitan-to-, gretchen hot carlson and of course steve doocy. (applause) lav (laughter) laugh steve doocy. >> anyway, that was very unprofessional, around son pooper. (laughter) munch ma quchi, we'll be right back. vo: this week at old navy. all famous jeans on sale! mom gets jeans for fifteen dollars! kids get jeans for ten. and will dad finally get a new pair... of jeans? it's our lowest price! all famous jeans fifteen dollars, kids ten. sale ends wednesday! only at old navy! >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight was once the world's most wanted hacker. he'll never get my password it's-- (laughter) please welcome kevin mitnick. (applause) >> thanks for coming on. great to meet you. >> great to meet you too. >> you sir were once considered the world's most famous hacker. the most wanted man in computer crime. correct? >> yes. >> okay. you are a consultant now but at one time you were, let's see, you bypassed the security systems of motorola, sun microsystems and pacific bell. >> yes, i did. >> you served jail time for this. how
fudge napolitan-to-, gretchen hot carlson and of course steve doocy. (applause) lav (laughter) laugh steve doocy. >> anyway, that was very unprofessional, around son pooper. (laughter) munch ma quchi, we'll be right back. vo: this week at old navy. all famous jeans on sale! mom gets jeans for fifteen dollars! kids get jeans for ten. and will dad finally get a new pair... of jeans? it's our lowest price! all famous jeans fifteen dollars, kids ten. sale ends wednesday! only at old navy!...
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pretty sure won't be coming back here anytime soon. >> steve larz there. >>> everybody is calling the driver in this next video fred flintstone. this happened near detroit, michigan. it would have been better if it was in flint, michigan. just like fred he is trying to use his feet to stop the truck this. video from the car following him obviously. the driver knew the brakes didn't work but he drove the truck anyway. he actually makes it through the intersection here believe it or not but eventually he hits four cars and, well, that stopped him. and that stopped him. they arrested him. >> yeah. wow. wilma!! talk about pedal power, huh? >> no kidding. bam-bam. >> i thought i had some mean bunions and callouses. live cbs 5 weather camera looking from mount diablo to dublin where today's high was only in the 70s and 80s. visibility unlimited at this time. the winds are blowing out of the west 10 to 20 and occasional gusts stronger than that. this is our live cbs 5 camera now in the city by the bay, the city of san francisco looking out toward the transamerica building where we have a low
pretty sure won't be coming back here anytime soon. >> steve larz there. >>> everybody is calling the driver in this next video fred flintstone. this happened near detroit, michigan. it would have been better if it was in flint, michigan. just like fred he is trying to use his feet to stop the truck this. video from the car following him obviously. the driver knew the brakes didn't work but he drove the truck anyway. he actually makes it through the intersection here believe it...
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and then jason turned around and hit steve branch. >> okay. >> and started doing the same thing. then the other one took off, michael moore took off running. so i chased him and grabbed him and held him. >> jessie's confession was played for the jury at his trial. >> they heard jessie misskelley say, "i saw damien and jason do this, and when that one boy escaped i caught him and held him". >> on february 4th, 1994, jessie misskelley was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. damien's and jason's trial was next. but the case against them was much weaker. >> now, going into the trial of damien and jason, they don't have a confession. they don't have any information, a witness, anybody who says that these boys even knew the victims. >> six months after the child murders in west memphis, arkansas, prosecutors had little evidence against jason and damien. they had jessie's confession but he wouldn't testify against the other two. they did, however, get a big break right here in this lake behind jason baldwin's home. >> there was an announcement by the prosec
and then jason turned around and hit steve branch. >> okay. >> and started doing the same thing. then the other one took off, michael moore took off running. so i chased him and grabbed him and held him. >> jessie's confession was played for the jury at his trial. >> they heard jessie misskelley say, "i saw damien and jason do this, and when that one boy escaped i caught him and held him". >> on february 4th, 1994, jessie misskelley was convicted of first...
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steve rosenberg reports. >> it has been nearly one month since anders breivik killed their loved ones. they are now allowed to visit the area where the massacre took place. over the next two days, hundreds of family members of victors and some survivors will come here to the holiday island that became a killing ground. there are teams of psychologists and counselors to offer support. authorities hope these visits will bring some degree of peace. >> it is difficult for the relatives. nevertheless, they want to do this. >> they need to know. very often, they ask for details. this is where they can learn more about the details as well. >> in oslo, the killer was back in court today. at a closed hearing, the judge ruled that breivik should continue to be kept in total isolation for four more weeks. he has admitted carrying out the killing spree in detonating a bomb in the center of oslo. he has denied criminal responsibility. >> i was hoping he would admit it. is a very difficult situation. he was only speaking and thinking of himself. >> earlier this week, breivik was taken back to the a
steve rosenberg reports. >> it has been nearly one month since anders breivik killed their loved ones. they are now allowed to visit the area where the massacre took place. over the next two days, hundreds of family members of victors and some survivors will come here to the holiday island that became a killing ground. there are teams of psychologists and counselors to offer support. authorities hope these visits will bring some degree of peace. >> it is difficult for the relatives....
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. >> steve branch, christopher byers and michael moore were all last seen right here on this street. and they were doing what 8-year-old boys would normally do, they were playing, having fun, and riding their bikes back in that direction toward where the woods used to be. but that was the last time they were seen alive. and no one is sure what happened next. they never came home. families and neighbors searched frantically through the night as pam hobbs feared the worst. >> you had to be just beside yourself. >> oh, i was. i was going hysterical. my heart was in my stomach. and i knew the worst had taken place. the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jr. memorial. take your seat at the table on august 28th. [ male announcer ] you never know when a moment might turn into something more. and when it does men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability
. >> steve branch, christopher byers and michael moore were all last seen right here on this street. and they were doing what 8-year-old boys would normally do, they were playing, having fun, and riding their bikes back in that direction toward where the woods used to be. but that was the last time they were seen alive. and no one is sure what happened next. they never came home. families and neighbors searched frantically through the night as pam hobbs feared the worst. >> you had...
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cnn educator -- education contributor steve perry takes us inside in this week's perry's principles. 8 26 national is a program with chapters across the country. we're with 826 valencia. kids get tutoring, attend creative writing workshops and watch their own books get published. >> what you doing there? >> there you go. >> it is housed in a pirates supply store. they're writing a story for a grumpy pirate named mr. blue. >> we promised them they could write a story. can we try? >> it better be a good story, exciting and suspenseful. >> they host field trips and they have a special focus on working with students with parents who don't speak english at home. today, they're all about creative writing. >> crocodile mixed with the rhino. >> and you are helping kids in this community use writing to do what? >> it all begins with writing. and so you have to build from that sort of basis. so the students that we work with, if their writing is great, it follows that everything else they would do from english to math to science. >> how much are they paying for this? >> it is all free. >> wow.
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release. 40 different interviews of steve jobs. although publishers are showing in early release date it was just released and finished earlier. the early release could be the appleseed zero declining health. apple-ceo thoma---this microchip is imitating the human brain to react, reason, and even learn from its experiences. >>jacqueline: coming up the kron 4 e-mail with sportster gary radnich. the preview coming up. >> practice tomorrow before a live audience the 49ers. candlestick park. alex smith, that is going to be the story. alex smith. newly acquired players and joe staley. it is difficult for these guys to come up with something one that is just a practice game. try it out. >> it is going to be a very interesting game. >> a lot of players are passionate about planning on home turf it would be great to get a home victory. >> you can tell joe that he sounds fired up! blog what is bad about the exhibition that will play one quarter and then pull them out. as we've said millions of times it is the biggest rip-off. you plapay-ful
release. 40 different interviews of steve jobs. although publishers are showing in early release date it was just released and finished earlier. the early release could be the appleseed zero declining health. apple-ceo thoma---this microchip is imitating the human brain to react, reason, and even learn from its experiences. >>jacqueline: coming up the kron 4 e-mail with sportster gary radnich. the preview coming up. >> practice tomorrow before a live audience the 49ers. candlestick...
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from the culinary institute of america, for "teen kids news," i'm steve. cheers. >>> whale watching can be exciting. it got a little too exciting for two people off the coast of south africa. they watched a whale leap out of the ocean and dive back in. the next time the whale came up out of the water he landed on their sailboat, but everyone wound up okay. including the whale. >> this report is brought to you by mti, music theater international. >> one weekend, over 2,000 teens and lots of big dreams. >> roll those together and you have the 2011 junior theater festival. ♪ we dance to the music of the gods ♪ >> this student theater festival is the largest program of its kind. >> the goal of music theater international is to ensure thers is a new audience, a growing audience, a building audience for live theater in america, which is an american art form. >> over the weekend, students attended workshops on performing and technical skills. >> so i was walking in the mall and then i see this platypus store. >> the theme of the festival was "i have a dream,"
from the culinary institute of america, for "teen kids news," i'm steve. cheers. >>> whale watching can be exciting. it got a little too exciting for two people off the coast of south africa. they watched a whale leap out of the ocean and dive back in. the next time the whale came up out of the water he landed on their sailboat, but everyone wound up okay. including the whale. >> this report is brought to you by mti, music theater international. >> one weekend,...
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. >>> steve martin used to give a lesson on how to be a millionaire. step one, get a million dollars. an equally helpful tip might be do something everybody wants. and you're about to meet a man who realized that in america everybody wants to get rid of their mountains of junk. once that clicked, he was en route to mountains of cash. and to explain how, here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: if it's true that one man's junk is another man's treasure, then what happens if you get everyone's junk? junk, and he wants more. king of ♪ it used to be that visions of a junk man conjured up the '70s tv show "sanford and son." >> you big dummy. >> big dummy? >> how would you like one across your lips? >> reporter: the 41-year-old scuddermore is no fred sanford. >> okay, perfect. thanks. >> reporter: he's the idea man behind 1-800-got-junk. a business that's become the starbucks of trash. his trucks are seemingly everywhere. and his company has become a classic example of a simple idea executed to perfection. and raking in millions as a result. are you surpr
. >>> steve martin used to give a lesson on how to be a millionaire. step one, get a million dollars. an equally helpful tip might be do something everybody wants. and you're about to meet a man who realized that in america everybody wants to get rid of their mountains of junk. once that clicked, he was en route to mountains of cash. and to explain how, here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: if it's true that one man's junk is another man's treasure, then what happens if you...
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. >> steve large reporting. >>> the royal mascot of burger king is being dethroned. >> the struggling fast food change is kicking out its creepy mascot and it is going to air a new commercial next week. doesn't have any dialogue. simply features the signs and sounds of fresh veggies being prepared. burger king wants to get rid of whacky characters and instead focus on its food. >>> a bay area coach gets a contract extension through 2022. and one of these days the giants will snap out of their funk. but that day will not be today. the minute is next. ussion and had to scratch pablo sandoval from the lineup with a sore shoulder... mark >>> the giants placed catcher eli whiteside on the disabled list with a concussion and had to scratch pablo sandoval from the lineup with a sore shoulder. mark, start the clock. with all the injuries the giants were left with a lineup with only one guy hitting above .250. so much for an easy series with the astros who by the way have the worst record in baseball. ryan vogelsong allows five runs in seven innings and the giants get shut out for the second n
. >> steve large reporting. >>> the royal mascot of burger king is being dethroned. >> the struggling fast food change is kicking out its creepy mascot and it is going to air a new commercial next week. doesn't have any dialogue. simply features the signs and sounds of fresh veggies being prepared. burger king wants to get rid of whacky characters and instead focus on its food. >>> a bay area coach gets a contract extension through 2022. and one of these days the...
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. >> reporter: when steve sonno received an e-mail that one of his students had nonbeen heard of since thursday, he became wore yesterday. >> any time something like this happens, a student is missing, you know, it's cause for great concern to the campus community here. >> reporter: boom travelled with the 26-member chamber to perform in june. the group returned to san francisco june 28th. he decided to stay behind to travel. all communication stopped sunday. they have not heard one word from him since then. >> it's odd that it stopped and then his parents have noted in their e-mail that he's been very regular, every couple days or so contacting by phone and they haven't heard from him. >> reporter: parents and friends are hoping the reason he's not connected with because of a lack of phone connection. >> the hope is that we'll hear from him and he'll be well and we'll hear all about more of his adventures. >> reporter: now the family has been told that rangers at a park will continue searching for him. he's scheduled to fly back to the bay area next week. we'll continue to follow this
. >> reporter: when steve sonno received an e-mail that one of his students had nonbeen heard of since thursday, he became wore yesterday. >> any time something like this happens, a student is missing, you know, it's cause for great concern to the campus community here. >> reporter: boom travelled with the 26-member chamber to perform in june. the group returned to san francisco june 28th. he decided to stay behind to travel. all communication stopped sunday. they have not...
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. >> we steve the pictures from the national center for missing and exploited children and then found online from another country receiving the pictures all we know is that it happened in elk grove and from there we had to try and use every other detail we could to narrow it down. >> the detective organized a canvas of every elementary school in elk grove and even neighboring communities but nobody recognized the girl in the pictures. so he began looking at the houses in the pictures for any distinctive architecture or other unique markers. he drove around this community of track homes essentially searching for a need until a heystack. after a month of searching it was here on this street that detective p api neau finally found his needle. in the side yard of one of those homes was a split fence board that perfectly matched the fence in one of the pedophile's photographs. the owner of the home at the time the picture was taken was brad daily who had since moved. a search of his new home led to even more pictures and videotapes of the same child, enough evidence to effectively send dai
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. >> reporter: but the father of another victim, steve branch, says he believes they did it. >> if these animals are released, you might as well give the key to everybody that's on death row right now. >> reporter: today's deal saves face for both sides. prosecutors insist the three were the killers, but their lawyers say the state would never let them out if it was convinced of their guilt. the men themselves say they'll keep fighting to prove their innocence, leading some to wonder who killed those boys. pete williams, nbc news, washington where. >>> spurred by another -- libyan rebels are reporting from tripoli in every direction after a week of fierce fighting. a rebel spokesman says they are now in control of a key port. it was one day after -- just 30 miles outside of the libyan capital. >>> and in norway this morning families of the victims of last month's massacre are returning to the island where their loved ones died. dozens were excould youed by one gunman. jay gray is live for us on the island in norway with the latest. good morning to you, jay. >> reporter: well, good mornin
. >> reporter: but the father of another victim, steve branch, says he believes they did it. >> if these animals are released, you might as well give the key to everybody that's on death row right now. >> reporter: today's deal saves face for both sides. prosecutors insist the three were the killers, but their lawyers say the state would never let them out if it was convinced of their guilt. the men themselves say they'll keep fighting to prove their innocence, leading some to...
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host: birmingham, alabama, a republican line, steve. caller: i have a question. why does the united states thinkhey are the peacemakers of the world, when the real problem is that we spend millions and millions of dollars to invade in other countries where we have no business being there. guest: there are responsibilities that come with being the united states. those, because we are powerful, we are economically under noal contortions usually fairly strong. responsibilities in the rest of the world have been with the united states for a long time. i am completely sympathetic to the caller at the same time in the previous ones,oncerned about the amount of money spent. we have to think about what we do abroad, not only in terms of spending money, but in terms of the engagement, which is somewhat ctly. we have to seek aid but also in terms of diplomatic engagement, governmental and a citizen engagement that is relatively cheap. host: two questions from twitter. guest: the first answer is we simply do not know. there is no way to tell. serious elections have never be
host: birmingham, alabama, a republican line, steve. caller: i have a question. why does the united states thinkhey are the peacemakers of the world, when the real problem is that we spend millions and millions of dollars to invade in other countries where we have no business being there. guest: there are responsibilities that come with being the united states. those, because we are powerful, we are economically under noal contortions usually fairly strong. responsibilities in the rest of the...
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host: birmingham, alabama, a republican line, steve. caller: i have a question. why does the united states think they are the peacemakers of the world, when the real problem is that we spend millions and millions of dollars to invade in other countries where we have no business being there. guest: there are responsibilities that come with being the united states. those, because we are powerful, we are economically under normal contortions usually fairly strong. responsibilities in the rest of the world have been with the united states for a long time. i am completely sympathetic to the caller at the same time in the previous ones, concerned about the amount of money spent. we have to think about what we do abroad, not only in terms of spending money, but in terms of the engagement, which is somewhat costly. we have to seek aid but also in terms of diplomatic engagement, governmental and a citizen engagement that is relatively cheap. host: two questions from twitter. guest: the first answer is we simply do not know. there is no way to tell. serious elections have
host: birmingham, alabama, a republican line, steve. caller: i have a question. why does the united states think they are the peacemakers of the world, when the real problem is that we spend millions and millions of dollars to invade in other countries where we have no business being there. guest: there are responsibilities that come with being the united states. those, because we are powerful, we are economically under normal contortions usually fairly strong. responsibilities in the rest of...
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steve, wills and such. to cover politically ambitious bostonians, james otis junior and samuel adams junior's an opportunity to make money and to gain political power by organizing mobs of unemployed waterfront workers to protest the stamp tax. and there are many of these workers left after the end of the seven years war. to win some public support for the protest, they coped better duties under the banner of constitutional rights. they claimed that americans had no representation in parliament and that for parliament to tax them without such rep as an tatian was a violation of the british come to to shame. they were under these mobs, under the secret pay at the merchants and newspaper publishers. addison out of sunday's monster terry's britain's waterfront. they attacked the tax collectors, burned their homes, prevented ships from landing. gradually they closed the waterfront in close to boston to almost all british ships. adams then wrote to political leaders and other coastal cities. he is absolutely fil
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. >> i'm steve. i want to say that i appreciate you and i'm pretty tired of people calling you dr. no. the thinking behind that is that they're rid cueling you for your votes. they're rid cueling me and they're making fun of me. i don't like that. i've got some suggestions that will save some money in our budget. bun one of the things that we could do. i did a little research and i looked at our budget. the justice department, if you take their budget comes out to $250,000 per person. they don't produce any revenue so that's just a cost that we're paying. the interior department is $279,000 per person if you take the budget and divide by the number of people. those are hugse numbers. no company in the united states can operate when it costs that much per person. one thing we could do. i would kind of like your idea of changing the tax system. along with that, the thinking and the assumption is that it will save everybody a lot of money. well, how about we just drop three fourths of the i.r.s. people along with the rest of it. [applause] we have a system here -- >> the fair tax actu
. >> i'm steve. i want to say that i appreciate you and i'm pretty tired of people calling you dr. no. the thinking behind that is that they're rid cueling you for your votes. they're rid cueling me and they're making fun of me. i don't like that. i've got some suggestions that will save some money in our budget. bun one of the things that we could do. i did a little research and i looked at our budget. the justice department, if you take their budget comes out to $250,000 per person....